BMW to use Dassault software for all engine development

BMW AG has consolidated all of its engine development on one digital software platform, software provider Dassault Systemes said today.

The German automaker will use CATIA V5 computer-aided design software from Dassault to design all gasoline, diesel and hybrid engines.

BMW can now streamline all its design and product development activities on a single platform that is easy to share with all its suppliers, Bruno Latchague, executive vice president at Dassault, said in a statement.

BMW had been using the CATIA software to design vehicles and diesel engines, but other software for gasoline engines, said Dassault spokeswoman Nancy Lesinski.

She added: This enables the sophisticated design of cylinder head parts, for example, which BMW has mastered on its diesel engines, to be transferred and reused in the gasoline engine domain.